New Gear Sets: What to Craft — Mongil

Thirteen armor sets arrived with the latest update and most of them are not worth the materials. Four are pure filler, several more compete with sets you already own and lose. Five are worth crafting, and one of those is the best armor set in the game.

Sets have no names in the equipment screen — you tell them apart by their bonus, which is what the game shows you when you inspect a piece. Every set below is listed by its effect for that reason.

Craft These Five

Element weak damage on Earth affliction

2-set: element weak damage taken +10% for 5 seconds when attacking an enemy with Earth affliction.

The best new armor set, and it is not close. Put it on both Francises and on anything supporting Brisshell , whose kit applies permanent Earth affliction on its own — the condition is simply always met, so the 10% is effectively unconditional.

Fire damage on special, Fire damage on affliction

2-set: Fire +7.5% for 5 seconds on special. 4-set: Fire +7.5% when hitting an enemy with Fire affliction.

A straight upgrade over the Hahnul set and usable on every fire main DPS. Craft this for whoever carries your fire team.

Teammates’ Earth damage on support skill

2-set: teammates’ Earth +7.5% for 5 seconds on support skill. 4-set: support damage +7.5% for 5 seconds on switch skill.

Craft the helmet and gloves and stop there. The 4-set is useless, but the 2-set stacks with the Earth affliction set above, which is what makes an Earth team’s supports worth building.

Target wind resistance, teammates’ crit rate

2-set: target’s wind resistance -6% for 5 seconds on hitting with a special skill. 4-set: teammates’ crit rate +6% for 5 seconds on using tagout.

Effectively a Jiwon set. Worth it if you play her, skippable otherwise.

Crit rate on switch skill

2-set: crit rate +5% for 5 seconds on switch skill. 4-set: Lightning +7.5% for 5 seconds on special skill.

The 2-set is fine on supports without being necessary. The 4-set does little while the Avardan set exists, so treat this as a two-piece and nothing more.

Skip These

The four Attack Neutralization sets — Ice, Wind, Lightning and Earth, each +7.5% at two pieces — are dead weight. Do not spend materials on any of them.

Two more are near-misses rather than filler:

• Ice damage on special (+7.5% for 5 seconds) loses to a Custos 4-set for a weaker and more conditional effect.
• Ice on basic, crit rate on Ice affliction is a Custos sidegrade at best, and more often a downgrade.

Everything At A Glance

2-set effect	4-set effect	Verdict
Element weak damage taken +10% on Earth affliction	—	Craft. Best new set. Both Francises, and supports for Brisshell
Fire +7.5% on special	Fire +7.5% on Fire affliction	Craft. Upgrade over Hahnul, for any fire main DPS
Teammates’ Earth +7.5% on support skill	Support damage +7.5% on switch skill	Craft two pieces. Helmet and gloves; the 4-set is useless
Target wind resistance -6% on special	Teammates’ crit rate +6% on tagout	Craft if you play Jiwon.
Crit rate +5% on switch skill	Lightning +7.5% on special skill	Craft two pieces. Fine on supports, not necessary
Teammates’ fire damage +7.5% on support skill	—	Usable on Yeonhwa, Angel and Summer Francis in fire
Fire resistance -6% on tagout hit	—	Works on Flare or Yeonhwa in fire. Not too useful
Lightning resistance -6% on tagout hit	—	Fine on Bonnie supporting lightning, otherwise no reason
Ice damage +7.5% on special	—	Loses to a Custos 4-set. Useless
Ice +7.5% on basic	Crit rate +5% on Ice affliction	Custos sidegrade or downgrade. Not great
Ice Attack Neutralization +7.5%	—	Skip
Wind Attack Neutralization +7.5%	—	Skip
Lightning Attack Neutralization +7.5%	—	Skip
Earth Attack Neutralization +7.5%	—	Skip

What Else Changed

Three things beyond the gear are worth knowing before you spend anything:

• Brisshell is the best Earth main DPS out of the box, turns into an Earth Yeonhwa at A1, and scales hard with dupes.
• Jiwon now heals.
• Ophelia was heavily buffed. She is genuinely strong now and scales hard with both ascensions and signature dupes — enough to move her up the tier list.